Internet as a Corpus

Russian Corpora WorkshopUniversity of Helsinki

7 December 2011, 17:05-17:30 Galina Nikiporets-Takigawa (University of Cambridge)

Mnemonics Tasks:• “To represent the essential dimensions of cultural memory as a

process, which continuously develops in time and leaves historical traces in various media, which can be empirically studied” (Alexander Etkind “Mourning and melancholia in Putin’s Russia”, slides 5-8)

• To trace memory events in different media and compare with real timeline of the events (slides 10-11)

• To study the blogosphere as a genre of memory events (slides 12-13)

• To discover the correlation between the dynamics of the presence of different memory events in different genres and discourses (slides 14-15)

• To analyse memory wars over memory events between different countries (slides 16-17)

Memory of Stalin: The Cult of Stalin, Generalissimo Stalin, Dictator Stalin, Great Stalin

Frequency of mentioning of Stalin, Hitler compared with a current leader in Russian

books

Frequency of mentioning of Stalin, Hitler, compared with a current leader

in American books

Frequency of mentioning of Stalin, Hitler, compared with a current leader

in German books

Quantitative analyses of coverage of a memory event in different media

1. Work on query.

2. Work on the real historical timeline of the event in order to clarify time range of analyses.

3. Work on data for different media. Compare charts (slides 10-18).

3. Work on data for different media

Unity Day in central print (CM) and online media (CONLM), regional print (RM) and

online media (RONLM), TV and Radio (TVR), news agencies ITAR and RIA novosti

Discussions on Unity Day in the Russian Blogosphere (1)

Discussions on Unity Day in the Russian Blogosphere (2)

Unity Day in “non-blogosphere” (CV+CONLM+RM+RONLM+TVR+ITAR+RIA - blue line) and in blogosphere (red line)

Comparison of media life of two memory events: Unity Day and Day of Memory and

Sorrow (22 June)

The Meanings of Unity Day: from ‘Russian marches’, ‘Holiday’, ‘7 November’ to ‘1612’

Check level of impact of different media on blogosphere (informative impact - slides 66-69;

discursive impact – slides 69-75).

Comparison of blogosphere discourses before and after 9 May 2011 in Lviv

1. Blame Lviv alongside Galicia, they are not Ukraine, they are “banderlogy”, they support nationalist-fascists and their “Liberty” movement, we should return them to Poland;

2. VDL2011 – is a provocation by the Ukrainian regime that a) wants to distract people from Ukrainian social and economic problems and blame nationalists in all of them; b) wants to cut veterans’ benefits (1); c) supports pro-Russian organisations and movements; d) wants to split Ukraine and Ukrainian society; e) started election campaign (3);

3. VDL2011 – is a provocation by pro-Russian organisations and the Kremlin

4. Lviv’s nationalists are heroes5. Blame ourselves: «лохторат», fools who

fall for provocations;

1. Blame Lviv alongside Galicia, they are not Ukraine, they are “banderlogy”, they support nationalist-fascists and their “Liberty” movement, they are Nazis 44 ->(57)

2. VDL2011 – is a provocation by the Ukrainian regime that a) wants to distract people from Ukrainian social and economic problems and blame nationalists in all of them (6 ->14 topics); c) supports pro-Russian organisations and movements (1 -> 4) d) wants to split Ukraine and Ukrainian society (5 ->11 topics).

3. VDL2011 – is a provocation by pro-Russian organisations and the Kremlin (KGB) (4->14).

4. Lviv’s nationalists are heroes. (4->8). 5. Blame ourselves: «лохторат», fools who

fall for provocations (3->9)

Thank you very much for your attention )).